The RSPCA of London and Wales is conducting an investigation after a cat and her eight kittens were found abandoned inside a zipped-up suitcase on a disused railway line in Halstead, Essex. This is the story of a black and white cat named Tarani and her eight kittens.
Donna Smith, RSPCA Animal Collections Officer (ACO) announced on their website
“It was pure chance that this woman happened to find these little kittens and their mum.
She was walking along the disused rail track when she wandered past a dumped suitcase, not thinking anything of it until her dog stopped and started sniffing it.
She took a closer look and heard tiny miaows coming from the case, so opened the zip a tiny bit – and was shocked to discover nine pairs of eyes peering back.
The mother cat and eight kittens had been just zipped up in the case and discarded. Who knows how long they had been there – it must have been terrifying for them. It would not have ended well had this kindly woman not come to their rescue – I have no doubt they would have suffered for days.”
The kittens were discovered in a remote spot between Great Yeldham and Castle Hedingham in Halstead, Essex on March 7. All were very thin and dehydrated. So much so that Tarini had to be put on a drip while in intensive care to help her recover. Her eight kittens were all named after characters from The Aristocats.
Toulouse, Tiny Tim, Scat Cat, Berloiz, Alli, Duchess, Marie and Eve are expected to fully recover from their ordeal and will eventually be adopted out into forever homes. Meanwhile, the search is on for the monster who stuffed this sweet family inside a suitcase and left them to die. Anyone with information is asked to confidentially contact the RSPCA at 0300 123 8018.
Updates will be posted on the RSPCA Facebook page.
Elisa
Another story that breaks my heart. How could anyone attempt to discard these precious souls in such a cruel, torturous way? So happy they were discovered and are on the mend. I send blessings to Tarini and her kittens for a happy, healthy life.
Praying for the best of furever homes for the family. God bless the woman who found them.
All the no-kill shelters must have been full and stopped taking in new cats. Just like what happens everywhere they make no-kill shelters. If they don’t have anywhere to take their cats and don’t want to kill them, now you see what you get. This is your own faults.
I think your argument is incorrect. This is not a case of a person being unable to take their kittens to an animal rescue centre. This is an example of a person abandoning their cats, callously, at the nearest possible place with the intention that they should die.
I regret to say that you are clearly one of those people who dislikes animal advocates and people who are concerned about animal welfare. To me, that comes across quite clearly in your comment and in another comment that you have made.
And he’ll run his mouth until he’s banned again 😁
Yes, you were correct. I suspected as much but gave him too much rope. It won’t happen again.
Oh but I do love engaging the trolls every now and then.
Thank you for removing my troll comments. I don’t know why he thinks it will worry me that everyone knows Joyce is my first name. So I go by my middle name now and I went back to my maiden name after my divorce. Like a woman has never done that before. The “oldies” here probably remember when my articles were published with my first name. And I have street addresses posted all over the place. I moved 4 times in 7 years and I don’t even HAVE a home phone anymore because I can’t hear on one. May move again soon before I retire. Scotland would be nice 😉
Elisa, I am moving myself on the 30th March. I am moving to a house (tired of living in apartments). But it is only half a mile away because I like the area.
I have a time renewing my certification paperwork each year. I have to write down every address I’ve had in the past 10 years. I have to add “additional sheets” to get it all in.
I’m happy they were discovered too.
Eva say’s
So glad they were found and survived. Surely the monster who left them there heard about this and hopes they aren’t caught. Any friend of theirs’ (if they have friends) should turn him or her in. I’d like to see punishments for animal cruelty actually carried out for a change, to warn people that this is not acceptable and they could be thrown in prison.